Vale Tudo MMA events 1994–2013
Vale Tudo Japan (VTJ) (Japanese :ヴァーリ・トゥード・ジャパン ,Hepburn :Vāri Tūdo Japan mixed martial arts competition held in Japan. Originally it was arranged by promoter and formerprofessional wrestler Satoru Sayama ; he had previously created ahybrid martial art organization namedShooto in 1985. He arranged VTJ in 1994 with the objective of creating a more rules-free event similar to the earlyUltimate Fighting Championship events in the United States andVale Tudo competitions in Brazil. Until the Vale Tudo Japan tournament, Shooto did not featurestriking inground position . The fighters were composed of the best Japanese MMA fighters drawn fromShooto , theShoot Wrestling circuit as well as foreign invitees, including illustrious names such asBrazilian jiu-jitsu legendRickson Gracie .[ 1] [ 2]
Some other notable fighters to fight at Vale Tudo Japan includeSanae Kikuta ,Takanori Gomi ,Enson Inoue ,João Roque ,Carlos Newton ,Rumina Sato ,Royler Gracie ,Dan Severn ,Vladimir Matyushenko ,Frank Shamrock ,Jean Jacques Machado ,Randy Couture ,Frank Trigg ,André Pederneiras ,Rafael Cordeiro ,Alexandre Franca Nogueira ,Hayato Sakurai , andYuki Nakai . Vale Tudo Japan events ran from 1994 to 1999; a pair of editions held in 1994 and '95 weresingle-elimination tournaments , both of which were won by Rickson Gracie.[ 3] [ 2] [ 4]
Vale Tudo Japan returned in 2009, organized by the Vale Tudo Japan Executive Committee, with semi-annual events and three reunion events in 2009, 2012 and 2016.[ 2] [ 5]
Early Vale Tudo Japan events were a huge success and led to a boom of popularity and development of MMA and Shooto in Japan. The tournament is considered a predecessor toPRIDE Fighting Championships . VTJ's format and rules would serve as a basis for PRIDE,[ 2] Shoot-style professional wrestler Nobuhiko Takada to headlinePride 1 in 1997.[ 6]
Vale Tudo Japan 1994 [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan 1994 was held on July 29, 1994, at theTokyo Bay NK Hall inUrayasu ,Japan .
Vale Tudo Japan 1994 bracket[ edit ] * = Lomulder was unable to continue.
Vale Tudo Japan 1995 [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan 1995 was held on April 20, 1995, at theNippon Budokan Hall inChiyoda, Tokyo ,Japan .
Yuki Nakai fightsGerard Gordeau atVale Tudo Japan 1995
Vale Tudo Japan 1995 bracket[ edit ] * = Hays was unable to continue. Kimura defeated Emons to claim his place.
Vale Tudo Japan 1996 [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan 1996 Promotion Vale Tudo Japan Date July 7, 1996 Venue Tokyo Bay NK Hall City Urayasu, Chiba ,Japan Event chronology Vale Tudo Japan 1995 Vale Tudo Japan 1996 Vale Tudo Japan 1997
Vale Tudo Japan 1996 was held on July 7, 1996, at theTokyo Bay NK Hall inUrayasu ,Japan .
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Royler Gracie def. Noboru Asahi Submission (rear naked choke) 1 5:07 vs. Enson Inoue TKO (punches) 1 0:44 vs. Rumina Sato Draw 3 8:00 Dan Severn def. Submission (keylock) 1 3:23 def. KO (punches) 1 6:53 def. Submission (rear naked choke) 1 0:53 Yumiko Hotta def. Submission (keylock) 2 4:14 def. Sanae Kikuta Submission (forearm choke) 1 6:27 def. Technical Submission (arm triangle choke) 2 6:23
Vale Tudo Japan 1997 [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan 1997 Promotion Vale Tudo Japan Date November 29, 1997 Venue Tokyo Bay NK Hall City Urayasu, Chiba ,Japan Event chronology Vale Tudo Japan 1996 Vale Tudo Japan 1997 Vale Tudo Japan 1998
Vale Tudo Japan 1997 was held on November 29, 1997, at theTokyo Bay NK Hall inUrayasu ,Japan .
Vale Tudo Japan 1998 [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan 1998 Promotion Vale Tudo Japan Date October 25, 1998 Venue Tokyo Bay NK Hall City Urayasu, Chiba ,Japan Event chronology Vale Tudo Japan 1997 Vale Tudo Japan 1998 Vale Tudo Japan 1999
Vale Tudo Japan 1998 was held on October 25, 1998, at theTokyo Bay NK Hall inUrayasu ,Japan .
Vale Tudo Japan 1999 [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan 1999 Promotion Vale Tudo Japan Date December 11, 1999 Venue Tokyo Bay NK Hall City Urayasu, Chiba ,Japan Event chronology Vale Tudo Japan 1998 Vale Tudo Japan 1999 Vale Tudo Japan 2009
Vale Tudo Japan 1999 was held on December 11, 1999, at theTokyo Bay NK Hall inUrayasu ,Japan .
Vale Tudo Japan 2009 [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan 2009 Promotion Vale Tudo Japan Date October 30, 2009 Venue JCB Hall City Tokyo ,Japan Event chronology Vale Tudo Japan 1999 Vale Tudo Japan 2009 Vale Tudo Japan 2012
Vale Tudo Japan 2009 was held on October 30, 2009, at theJCB Hall inTokyo ,Japan .
Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 1st [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 1st (also known asVTJ 1ST Yoyogi National Gymnasium inTokyo ,Japan .
Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 2nd [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 2nd (also known asVTJ 2ND Tokyo Dome City Hall inTokyo ,Japan .
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Bantamweight Kyoji Horiguchi def. Shintaro Ishiwatari KO/TKO 5 0:41 Featherweight def. Hiroyuki Takaya KO/TKO 1 3:21 Catchweight 59 kg Hideo Tokoro def. Submission (heel hook) 2 2:34 Featherweight Caol Uno def. Submission (rear naked choke) 3 1:53 Flyweight Mikihito Yamagami def. Mamoru Yamaguchi Decision (majority) 3 5:00 Bantamweight def. Akiyo Nishiura Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Featherweight Teruto Ishihara def. KO/TKO 1 2:12 Catchweight 97 kg def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Preliminary card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Bantamweight Shooto Watanabe def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Lightweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Strawweight def. Submission (armbar) 3 2:36
Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 3rd [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 3rd (also known asVTJ 3RD Ota City General Gymnasium in Ota, Tokyo, Japan. The main event featured longtime # 1 rankedMegumi Fujii in her retirement bout.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Women's Strawweight Megumi Fujii def. Jessica Aguilar TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 5:00 Featherweight Caol Uno def. Submission (inverted triangle choke) 2 2:23 Flyweight Will Campuzano def. Hideo Tokoro Decision (split) 3 5:00 Featherweight def. Takeshi Inoue Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Featherweight Ulka Sasaki def. Submission (rear naked choke) 1 1:36 Lightweight Naoyuki Kotani def. Submission (armbar) 3 3:57 Bantamweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Featherweight Akiyo Nishiura def. Shigeki Osawa Decision (split) 3 5:00 Welterweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Preliminary card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Strawweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Flyweight def. Submission (armbar) 1 1:35 Featherweight def. TKO (punches) 2 2:18
Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 4th [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 4th (also known asVTJ 4TH Ota City General Gymnasium in Ota, Tokyo, Japan.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Featherweight Hiroyuki Takaya def. TKO (punches) 1 1:23 Featherweight Caol Uno def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Lightweight Naoyuki Kotani def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Flyweight def. Yoshiro Maeda Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 [ a] Flyweight def. Mamoru Yamaguchi Submission (rear naked choke) 1 1:28 [ b] Flyweight Hiromasa Ougikubo def. Decision (majority) 3 5:00 [ c] Flyweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 [ d] Featherweight def. Wataru Miki Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Welterweight def. Decision (split) 3 5:00 Bantamweight Ulka Sasaki def. Teruto Ishihara Submission (rear naked choke) 2 1:46 Preliminary card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Flyweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Lightweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Featherweight vs. Draw (majority) 3 3:00
^ VTJ Flyweight Tournament Quarter Finals ^ VTJ Flyweight Tournament Quarter Finals ^ VTJ Flyweight Tournament Quarter Finals ^ VTJ Flyweight Tournament Quarter Finals Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 5th in Osaka [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 5th in Osaka (also known asVTJ 5TH IN OSAKA Bodymaker Colosseum inOsaka , Japan.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Bantamweight Teruto Ishihara def. TKO (punches) 2 2:24 Flyweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 [ a] Flyweight Hiromasa Ougikubo def. Submission (rear naked choke) 1 1:27 [ b] Featherweight Takumi Nakayama def. Wataru Miki Submission (rear naked choke) 2 2:28 Bantamweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Preliminary card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Flyweight def. Submission (guillotine choke) 3 1:25 Featherweight def. Decision (split) 3 3:00 Featherweight vs. TKO (doctor stoppage) 1 3:00
^ VTJ Flyweight Tournament Semi Finals ^ VTJ Flyweight Tournament Semi Finals Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 6th [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 6th (also known asVTJ 6TH Ota City General Gymnasium inŌta, Tokyo , Japan.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Bantamweight Hiromasa Ougikubo def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 [ a] Featherweight def. Takeshi Inoue Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Featherweight Hiroyuki Takaya def. KO (punch) 2 0:38 Featherweight Caol Uno def. Submission (rear naked choke) 2 4:33 Lightweight Kuniyoshi Hironaka def. Dong Hyun Ma Submission (arm triangle choke) 2 2:33 Flyweight Mamoru Yamaguchi def. Yosuke Saruta TKO (referee stoppage) 2 0:25 Bantamweight def. TKO (knees and punches) 1 0:35 Bantamweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Featherweight def. Shigeki Osawa KO (punch) 1 2:01 Featherweight def. TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 2:07 Preliminary card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Featherweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Featherweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 Women's Atomweight Kanna Asakura vs. Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
^ VTJ Flyweight Tournament Final Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ in Osaka [ edit ] Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ in Osaka (also known asVTJ in Osaka Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium inOsaka , Japan.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Flyweight Yoshiro Maeda def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Flyweight def. KO (knee to the body) 2 2:22 Flyweight def. Kiyotaka Shimizu Decision (split) 3 5:00 Bantamweight def. Decision (split) 3 5:00 Bantamweight def. TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 4:09 Bantamweight def. TKO (head kick and punches) 1 3:52 Featherweight def. Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:34 Women's Catchweight (110 lb) def. Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 1:22 Women's Atomweight Kanna Asakura def. Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:17 Flyweight def. Yuya Wakamatsu Submission (armbar) 1 2:43 Featherweight vs. KO (punches) 1 0:13
Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 7TH [ edit ] VTJ 7TH Promotion Vale Tudo Japan Date September 13, 2015 Venue Maihama Amphitheater City Urayasu ,Japan Event chronology VTJ 6TH VTJ 7TH VTJ IN OKINAWA
Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 7TH (also known asVTJ 7TH Urayasu , Japan.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Flyweight def. Kiyotaka Shimizu Decision (split) 3 5:00 Flyweight Yoshiro Maeda def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Bantamweight def. Decision (split) 3 5:00 Lightweight def. Daisuke Nakamura TKO (punches) 3 2:26 Flyweight def. KO (punch) 2 0:36 Bantamweight def. Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:16 Featherweight def. TKO (punches) 2 0:54 Lightweight def. Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Lightweight def. Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 4:46 Preliminary card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Flyweight def. Draw (split) 3 3:00 Women's Atomweight Kanna Asakura def. Yasuko Tamada Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ 7TH [ edit ] VTJ 7TH Promotion Vale Tudo Japan Date October 3, 2015 Venue Okinawa Prefectural Budokan City Naha ,Okinawa ,Japan Event chronology VTJ 7TH VTJ 7TH VTJ IN OSAKA 2
Vale Tudo Japan: VTJ IN OKINAWA (also known asVTJ IN OKINAWA Naha ,Okinawa , Japan.
Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Flyweight Ryota Matsune def. Submission (armbar) 1 3:31 Catchweight 209 lb def. Ikuhisa Minowa Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00 Flyweight Shinichi Kojima def. Decision (split) 3 5:00 Bantamweight def. Decision (split) 3 5:00 Flyweight def. Decision (majority) 3 5:00 Featherweight Wataru Miki def. TKO (doctor stoppage) 1 2:56 Catchweight 147 lb def. TKO (punches) 1 1:13 Lightweight def. Draw (majority) 2 5:00 Catchweight 128 lb def. Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 1:19
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